And am content on earth to dwell—
There are some men they cannot spare:
Jean Passerat, I like thee well,
But I’ve not lost a tourterelle!
Charles Henry Webb.
Villanelle.
“How to compose a Villanelle, which is said to require an elaborate amount of care in production, which those who read only would hardly suspect existed.”
It’s all a trick, quite easy when you know it,
As easy as reciting A. B. C.